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what is a motion controller card (ni motion controllers ) and its difference to motor driver?


I have a 400 watt servo motor with a driver which needs some pulses to move the motor and control its speed , it can count the encoder pulses, includes electronic gears and many thing else .

is the motion controller card a replacement for the motor driver, or a motion controller card should be used next to the motor driver to create the pulse trains and also read the encoder outputs ?


Solution

  • In general, a motion controller and a driver are two different things: MotionArchitecture - National Instruments

    See here for an overview from National Instruments.